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<DIV><SPAN class=906305005-18022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>So are there any
plans for bridged line appearance support in Asterisk? The new Linksys
SPA9000 supports it. A lot of other VoIP systems from Nortel,
Sylantro etc. supposedly support it. Seems to me that Asterisk needs
to get on the bandwagon or be relegated to call centers, specialized voicemail
applications, and phone chat businesses. It's not needed for companies
used to PBX's but something like 75-95% of all companies are small businesses
using key systems with BLA type behaviour not PBX behaviour.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=906305005-18022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Like it or not, the
mass market uses and will continue to use BLA or whatever they call it in the
non VoIP world. I know that without it, Asterisk is a non-starter for most
small businesses looking to replace their key systems. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=906305005-18022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am not a software
developer but I remember reading a post by an asterisk developer stating that
implementing it in Asterisk would be difficult but without it I think mass
market appeal of Asterisk will be quite limited IMHO. There is a famous
quote that states, "nothing worth doing is ever easy".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=906305005-18022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aastra just released
their v1.3.1 firmware which supposedly supports the internet draft spec of
BLA. The Polycom phones also supposedly support this spec so the ability
IS there on the phone side.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>